Karen Driesbach
Lesson Plan
Oct. 27-Nov.1, 2013
Carver Middle School
Day of Week
Date
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
2nd period social
studies
Benchmark:SS.8.A.1.1
Provide supporting details
for an answer from text,
interview for oral history,
check validity of
information from test, and
identify strong vs. weak
arguments
Essential Question: What
theories do historians have
about how the first people
arrived in the Americas,
and what effect their
arrival had on the region?
Learning Goals: Students
will be able to answer
questions about Thomas
Paine “An important
decision”
Measurable Objective:
Students will be able to
answer question about
passage Thomas Paine “An
important decision”
with 80% accuracy
Bell Ringer:
Vocabulary :pamphlet,
declaration on
independence
Agenda:
I Do: read passage to
students
We do: discuss passage
and answer who, what,
where questions
You do: answer worksheet
questions on passage
Benchmark:SS.8.A.1.1
Provide supporting details
for an answer from text,
interview for oral history,
check validity of information
from test, and identify
strong vs. weak arguments
Essential Question: What
theories do historians have
about how the first people
arrived in the Americas, and
what effect their arrival had
on the region?
Learning Goals: Students
will be able to answer
questions about Thomas
Paine “An important
decision”
Measurable Objective:
Students will be able to
answer question about
passage Thomas Paine “An
important decision”
with 80% accuracy
Bell Ringer:
Vocabulary :pamphlet,
declaration on
independence
Agenda:
I Do: read passage to
students
We do: discuss passage and
answer who, what, where
questions
You do: answer worksheet
questions on passage
Summarizing activity :
Benchmark:SS.8.A.1.1
Provide supporting details
for an answer from text,
interview for oral history,
check validity of information
from test, and identify
strong vs. weak arguments
Essential Question: What
theories do historians have
about how the first people
arrived in the Americas, and
what effect their arrival had
on the region?
Learning Goals: Students
will be able to answer
questions about Thomas
Paine “An important
decision”
Measurable Objective:
Students will be able to
answer question about
passage Thomas Paine “An
important decision”
with 80% accuracy
Bell Ringer:
Vocabulary :pamphlet,
declaration on
independence
Agenda:
I Do: read passage to
students
We do: discuss passage and
answer who, what, where
questions
You do: answer worksheet
questions on passage
Summarizing activity :
Benchmark:SS.8.A.1.1 Provide
supporting details for an
answer from text, interview for
oral history, check validity of
information from test, and
identify strong vs. weak
arguments
Essential Question: What
theories do historians have
about how the first people
arrived in the Americas, and
what effect their arrival had on
the region?
Learning Goals: Students will
be able to answer questions
about Thomas Paine “An
important decision”
Measurable Objective:
Students will be able to answer
question about passage
Thomas Paine “An important
decision”
with 80% accuracy
Bell Ringer:
Vocabulary :pamphlet,
declaration on independence
Agenda:
I Do: read passage to students
We do: discuss passage and
answer who, what, where
questions
You do: answer worksheet
questions on passage
Summarizing activity :
Tell one thing you have learned
today
Benchmark:SS.8.A.1.1
Provide supporting details
for an answer from text,
interview for oral history,
check validity of information
from test, and identify
strong vs. weak arguments
Essential Question: What
theories do historians have
about how the first people
arrived in the Americas, and
what effect their arrival had
on the region?
Learning Goals: Students
will be able to answer
questions about Thomas
Paine “An important
decision”
Measurable Objective:
Students will be able to
answer question about
passage Thomas Paine “An
important decision”
with 80% accuracy
Bell Ringer:
Vocabulary :pamphlet,
declaration on
independence
Agenda:
I Do: read passage to
students
We do: discuss passage and
answer who, what, where
questions
You do: answer worksheet
questions on passage
Summarizing activity :
Summarizing activity :
Tell one thing you have
learned today
Tell one thing you have
learned today
Tell one thing you have
learned today
ESE Modifications:
Cooperative groups
Extended time
Preferential seating
Verbal and written
directions
Hands-on activities
Assignment reduction
Oral presentations
Picture cue cards
ESE Modifications:
Cooperative groups
Extended time
Preferential seating
Verbal and written
directions
Hands-on activities
Assignment reduction
Oral presentations
Picture cue cards
ESE Modifications:
Cooperative groups
Extended time
Preferential seating
Verbal and written
directions
Hands-on activities
Assignment reduction
Oral presentations
Picture cue cards
Tell one thing you have
learned today
ESE Modifications:
Cooperative groups
Extended time
Preferential seating
Verbal and written directions
Hands-on activities
Assignment reduction
Oral presentations
Picture cue cards
ESE Modifications:
Cooperative groups
Extended time
Preferential seating
Verbal and written
directions
Hands-on activities
Assignment reduction
Oral presentations
Picture cue cards